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Whales n Camping Scammons area

tokyofro - 2-20-2005 at 04:17 AM

driving down two 4x4's caravaning, want to camp and see the whales, prefer Scammons area, however if San Ignacio is better, were there!

Where to camp? Where to eat?? who to take us on a tour? and hotel/motel options if weather is not tolerable by the girlfriends??

Can we camp and see whales from shore?/ are there protected campsites where we can leave our vehicles?

crossing the border around feb. 27th

How many hours to Guerrero Negro from the border?

any itinerary suggestions? We plan on going as far as Mulege to see some friends. FIRST time driving Northern Baja, have experience driving via Cabo and Mulege. Don't plan on driving at night, but long driving days are not a problem, actually preffered, then take our time going back North


thanks for your tips and suggestions!

Fro

:o:o

bajajudy - 2-20-2005 at 07:20 AM

Try doing a search. There have been a lot of posts on that area lately

Bruce R Leech - 2-20-2005 at 08:34 AM

do a Googel search of "whales San Ignacio" you Will get about 42 good articles with all the info you need.

yankeeirishman - 2-20-2005 at 08:37 AM

The archives in these postings have a lot of previous posted information you are requesting, however?. you may not find the answers your seek. The Q and A posts here are for asking away! So do. Here are a few places for additional data:
http://www.bajalife.com/guerrero
http://www.mexicovisitor.com/guerreronegro.htm

Or you can go to the Guru?s ?home world?!
See my Baja notebook: http://community-2.webtv.net/drdrip/notes
Visit my Baja web site: http://VivaBaja.com

Ken Bondy - 2-20-2005 at 10:03 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by tokyofro
driving down two 4x4's caravaning, want to camp and see the whales, prefer Scammons area, however if San Ignacio is better, were there!

Where to camp? Where to eat?? who to take us on a tour? and hotel/motel options if weather is not tolerable by the girlfriends??

Can we camp and see whales from shore?/ are there protected campsites where we can leave our vehicles?

crossing the border around feb. 27th

How many hours to Guerrero Negro from the border?

any itinerary suggestions? We plan on going as far as Mulege to see some friends. FIRST time driving Northern Baja, have experience driving via Cabo and Mulege. Don't plan on driving at night, but long driving days are not a problem, actually preffered, then take our time going back North


thanks for your tips and suggestions!

Fro

:o:o


My personal opinions:

If you have the time skip Scammons and go to Laguna San Ignacio. More pristine, less touristy, more close encounters. http://www.kenbondy.com/whales.htm

Contact Kuyima http://www.kuyima.com for accommodations, boats at Laguna San Ignacio. Camping and primitive accommodations available. The town of San Ignacio is only about a 2 hour drive on a rough road, lots of accommodations there.

Guerrero Negro is about a 10-hour drive from Tijuana (444 miles). San Ignacio is about 2 hours more. Strongly recommend an overnight in either San Quintin, El Rosario, or Catavina.

Que le vaya bien,

++Ken++

Scammons Lagoon

BajaDanD - 2-20-2005 at 08:28 PM

The drive out to San Ignacio lagoon can be pretty rough. But it is vary pretty there. At Scammons you can camp at Ejido de Benito Juarez campground. there is a store there a resturant and whale watching pangas. you can also see whales from shore but they are out a ways, can only see spouts and breeches. If I had time I would do both places. we are going down in 3 weeks.
Here is a link the whale in the pic. I posted stayed at the boat for an hour wouldnt let us stop petting it.

http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=8496

bajajudy - 2-21-2005 at 07:27 AM

I woke up to whales in Scammons. I woke up to whales in San Ignacio. Given a choise, even though the road out there almost killed me, I would also choose San Ignacio.
You really cant go wrong

GREAT INFO, THANKS FOR YOUR POSTS

tokyofro - 2-25-2005 at 10:05 PM